Laundry-bag.



Patented Apr. 23, I90l.

J. J. TULLY.

LAUNDRY BAG.

{Application filed Feb. 6, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES arnnr FFIQE.

J OHN J. TULLY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

ILAU NDRY BAG.

$PEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,499, dated April 23, 1901.

Application filed February 6, 1901. Serial No. 46.228. (N0 model.)

T0 at whom it TN/(LZZ/ concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. TULLY, a citizen of the United States of America,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Laundry-Bags, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to knitting and netting, and particularly to the manufacture of laundry-bags.

The object of this invention is to produce a laundry-bag having a rounded bottom in which the strands or cords forming the bag radiate from a central ring or engaging member. It has been found in practice that a bag of this construction will possess unusual durability or strength. Y

Furthermore, the object of the invention is to produce a bag with a rounded bottom which will possess advantages in points of simplicity, efficiency, and inexpensive structure.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construetion and in the arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in both views, and in which- Figure 1 is a View in elevation of the lower section of a bag embodying the invention. Fig, 2 is a central vertical sectional View thereof.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a ring or band of any suitable material, it being understood that the elenientl may be of the same material of which the bag is formed or it may be of any suitable fabric or metal.

Radiating from the ring are the loops 2, comprising a single cord looped back and forth over the said ring. The cord of each loop is connected centrally of its length by a knot 3, and the outer ends of the loop receive made in order to retain the cords in their" relative positions to produce the meshes similar to those in a net. It will be observed that in extending the loops from the center ring the bottom is practically made double, and hence possessing unusual wearing qualities and durability.

The upper edge of the bag may be finished in any appropriate fashion, though by interlacing the cord 5 through the upper ends of loops of the strands and runninga drawstring 6 through the coils of the cord 5 the mouth of the bag may be drawn closed.

The construction, operation, and advantages will, it is thought, be understood from the foregoing description, it being noted that changes in the proportions and details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the scope of the claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a laundry-bag, a series of strands converging at the bottom, the said strands being knotted and then lying extending parallel to form a double thickness for the bottom portion; said strands forming loops and a ring in the loops.

2. A laundry-bag having knit sides,a strand of cord looped back and forth from the sides to form a portion of the bottom and a ring centrally of the bottom through which the bottom cord is looped.

3. A laundry-bag comprising knit sides, a cord looped back and forth in the lower edge of the sides to form the bottom; said bottom cord converging toward the center and a ring through which the said cord is looped substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. TULLY.

Witnesses:

O. C. MOMAHAN, JOHN P. JONES. 

